Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips has advised BBC’s Newsnight that “disinformation” unfold by Elon Musk was “endangering” her however that it was “nothing” in comparison with the experiences of victims of abuse.
The tech billionaire and adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump labelled Phillips a “rape genocide apologist” and mentioned she needs to be jailed.
Requested if the risk to her personal security had gone up since his social media posts and whether or not protections had been in place for her security, Phillips replied “sure”.
She mentioned the expertise had been “very, very, very tiring” however that she was “resigned to the lot in life that you simply get as a girl who fights violence towards ladies and ladies”.
She added: “I am no stranger to individuals who do not know what they’re speaking about attempting to silence ladies like me.”
Musk’s intervention got here in response to Phillips rejecting a request for the federal government to guide a public inquiry into little one sexual exploitation in Oldham – which sparked calls from the Conservatives and Reform UK for a nationwide inquiry into grooming gangs.
Her determination was taken in October however first reported by GB Information initially of the 12 months after which picked up by Musk on his social media platform X.
Phillips defended the federal government’s determination to not maintain a nationwide inquiry, arguing that native inquiries, equivalent to one held in Telford, had been simpler at main to alter.